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This is my last column, and I have been thinking a lot about being president of an organization during a pandemic. While I certainly did not enjoy many of the usual social benefits of the presidency — meeting, greeting, big ...

As we have passed the one-year anniversary of the shutdown, I can’t help but reflect upon the past year. Though the pandemic is not over, we have more information and ability to respond than we did when it started. And ...

In January, following the events of Jan. 6, I wrote about the rule of law. For many of us, as lawyers, the rule of law has been on our minds for a while, and certainly since the events of that ...

As I stopped at St. John’s Home to handle some business today, with the parking lot emptier than it used to be, and visits still closed, there was a gray-haired man standing in the middle of the lot. I parked ...

Two weeks ago, tragically, people who were incapable of or unwilling to live under the laws we honor laid siege to our Capitol building, terrorizing those within and threatening the peaceful transition of power. An officer trying to protect those ...

This is my last column before the holidays, and I’m a little stuck. Normally we would be talking about the MCBA events and celebrations, and perhaps fundraising. But instead, we are approaching what many in the medical field are describing ...

The sun is shining, and it is 75 degrees on Nov. 8. I am sitting at my computer after taking a walk with a friend (masked, of course) along the trails of Chimney Bluffs State Park. The warm weather, turquoise ...

The events across the county and in our community reflecting racism in ways that we who are white may not have fully perceived are now front and center. The endless stream of social media and news videos reflecting the range ...

I have received lots of wry smiles, via Zoom of course, and regretful and sympathetic comments about being bar president during a pandemic and at a time of national upheaval. And it will not surprise anyone that this was not ...

For so many, this year has been one of the most life altering we have ever experienced. I don’t have to recount to you the ways in which the pandemic has hit each of us. And how we have been ...

This is my first column as the Monroe County Bar Association President, and I want to thank all of you who have been so kind and generous with your well wishes and thoughts. I hope I can live up to ...

This is my last column as president of GRAWA. And I’ve been thinking a lot about what we as GRAWA do, and what we still have left to do. During some recent GRAWA events, I’ve participated in discussions about how ...